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29-07-2005, 04:17 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
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More oldies
Found these few pictures that may be of interest to you younger guys.
This one is a boat called Inertia, driven by my Grandfather in the 1965 Cowes-Torquay, with a pair of straight six volvo petrols, about 200HP each. Can't imagine how he managed to get it so airborne ?
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29-07-2005, 04:23 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
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Engines01
Here's a tripple lamborghini V12 carb motored Cougar US-1 46 that we rigged, getting the tail pipes all in a was a nightmare. Hate to think what the consumption was !
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29-07-2005, 04:26 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Posts: 599
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Engines02
Triple 575 Mercruisers with Stellings exhausts again in a US-1 46ft Cougar.
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29-07-2005, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Posts: 599
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Here's a flop !
Anyone remember the great Granny Arran ? Built by Ron Wobold, pair of small blocks surface drives, we could never get her going. Picture of a young looking me waiting for the batteries to be charged by the look of it. Must have been 1984 ish ?
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29-07-2005, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Posts: 599
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Here's another picture of the boat at high speed dwon in the Docklands (before it was redeveloped), fastest it ever went was behind the truck ! Not one of Lorne's finest ! Looked wonderful- nice from far but far from nice !
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29-07-2005, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Posts: 599
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Miss Embassy
Here's another Oldie, the launch of Miss Embassy, the same hull as Double two shirts but with a Rolls Royce Turbine in her. Originally built for Tommy Sopwith but driven by all sorts of people as he had a bad back that year. Proved to be quite fast when the turbine was unleashed but the rulemakers brought in an equivalency rule that meant that they could only run at about 80%. Got some pictures of the transfer/ drop box from the one turbine output to two drives somewhere that I will try to dig out.
Sounded absolutely awesome !
Talking of which has anyone seen this site : http://www.gas-turbines.com/ really good stuff here watch some of the videos with sound.
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31-07-2005, 10:46 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: TYNE & WEAR
Interests: Anything fast
Boat name: Turbinator
Boat make: 50 SUPERHAWK/36 CAT/32 ACTIVE THUNDER
Engines: 3X502 EFI/1600 hp TURBINE/2X700HP MRD
Join Date: May 2004
Location: TYNE & WEAR
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Photos
Can you please post as many photots as possible,I am currently working on a turbine project very close to this design.
Cheers
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31-07-2005, 11:07 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
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Welcome back Jason.
How are the turbines going?
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04-08-2005, 10:38 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: TYNE & WEAR
Interests: Anything fast
Boat name: Turbinator
Boat make: 50 SUPERHAWK/36 CAT/32 ACTIVE THUNDER
Engines: 3X502 EFI/1600 hp TURBINE/2X700HP MRD
Join Date: May 2004
Location: TYNE & WEAR
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Its getting there very slowly.Engine and box are complete I am now rigging out the hull with pumps coolers ect.All the pumps are hidden under ali checker plate to keep it looking tidy I will post some images soon.
Jason
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04-08-2005, 10:40 PM
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Look forward to seeing them
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06-10-2005, 12:55 PM
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Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
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They should bring back that class, particularly in light of the current trend for turbine power these days. Whatever happened to...........................Miss Embassy, Passing Cloud, Black & White Whisky, BP Pacesetter, Marlboro Enfield? More to the point, does anybody have any more pictures of those machines?
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06-10-2005, 05:49 PM
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Live for today, not 2moro
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South Coast
Occupation: Builder/Property Development
Interests: Racing
Boat name: Black Thunder
Boat make: Cougar
Engines: Rude 250HO
Cruising area: Solent/Anywhere
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: South Coast
Posts: 382
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I can tell you, being the son of the driver of Black and White Whisky, there are still ideas, and the boat is still around somewhere!
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06-10-2005, 05:53 PM
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Live for today, not 2moro
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South Coast
Occupation: Builder/Property Development
Interests: Racing
Boat name: Black Thunder
Boat make: Cougar
Engines: Rude 250HO
Cruising area: Solent/Anywhere
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: South Coast
Posts: 382
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Heres a picture of Black and White Whisky...
i hope
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10-10-2005, 08:50 AM
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Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Great shot! Did the same folk own the magnum hull too, later of the same name? And where´s this shot taken (above)?
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